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ihjel.

to death

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adv/ijɛl/[iˈjɛl]
  1. to death

  2. to death (to a great degree)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From late Old Danish i hiel (compare Old Swedish ihiæl), earlier Old Danish i hæl (Old Swedish i hæl), from Old East Norse ī hæl (Old West Norse í hel), compound of i (“in, to”) + hel (“the death, the underworld”), literally “to the death, to the netherworld”. Compare Swedish ihjäl and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.

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